core.clj

#!/usr/bin/env cake
;; From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1341154/building-a-clojure-app-with-a-command-line-interface
(ns testcake.core
  (:use clojure.contrib.command-line))

(defn -main [& args]
  (with-command-line args
      "Command line demo"
      [[foo "This is the description for foo" 1]
       [bar "This is the description for bar" 2]
       [boolean? b? "This is a boolean flag."]
       remaining]
    (println "foo: " foo)
    (println "bar: " bar)
    (println "boolean?: " boolean?)
    (println "remaining: " remaining)))

project.clj

(defproject testcake "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
  :description "Testing Cake and Clojure command lines"
  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.2.0"]
                 [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.2.0"]]
  :main testcake.core
  :dev-dependencies [[swank-clojure "1.2.1"]])

Running it with the java command line works properly

If I execute it with the vanilla java command line it works correctly:

$ java -jar testcake-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar --foo "changed value"
foo:  changed value
bar:  2
boolean?:  nil
remaining:  []

Running with result of cake bin

When I run with the result of the cake bin, its breaking up the string being passed in to --foo instead of treating it as a single string

$ cake bin
  [compile] Restarting project jvm.
      [jar] Building jar: /Users/rberger/work/runa/testcake/testcake-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
  [uberjar] Building jar: /Users/rberger/work/runa/testcake/testcake-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar
      [bin] Creating standalone executable: /Users/rberger/work/runa/testcake/testcake


$ ./testcake --foo "changed value"
foo:  changed
bar:  2
boolean?:  nil
remaining:  [value]